Major trends in a future South Africa and some implications for intercultural communication in marketing by Clive Corder

“…These deep seated changes, which, for the most part, reflect a conflict between the freedom of the individual and a de sire for uniformity, have considerable significance for communication and marketing. …”
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Thomas Jefferson and Politics: “A game where principles are the stake” by Ari Helo

“…Thomas Jefferson’s fame as an advocate of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, equal rights of men, religious freedom, and democracy has been frequently questioned. …”
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Ni enfants, ni adultes by Muriel Champy

“…Neither childhood, nor adulthood, youth is redefined as a digression, a “moment” of freedom and exploration situated between the heedlessness of the child and the responsibility of the adult.…”
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Research on Dynamic Modeling and Application of Kinetic Contact Interface in Machine Tool by Dan Xu, Zhixin Feng

“…Then, equivalent stiffness and damping of guideway are obtained in virtue of single-freedom-degree mode fitting method. Moreover, the investigation above is applied in a certain gantry-type machining center; and through comparing with simulation model and experiment results, both availability and correctness are validated.…”
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Research of the Rod Drive Mechanism on Lifting and Translation Device of the Logistics Vehicle by Zhang Jianbao, Li Chengqun, Liu Baogang, Lu Chunguang

“…A kind of rod drive mechanism with two degrees of freedom and integrating lifting and moving is introduced for logistics electric vehicles,which can be able to complete the lifting and translation action. …”
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Transformation, theology and the public university in South Africa by R. Venter

“…Heuristic categories such as inclusivity, alterity, critique, freedom and flourishing are identified that should inform multi-level and comprehensive embodiment in terms of knowledge, people and practices. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Cylindrical Surface Translation and a Rotational Parallel Mechanism by Gao Bo, Shi Zhixin, Luo Yufeng, Lin Hao

“…Based on the topology design theory and method of parallel mechanism of position and orientation characteristic (POC) theory, a new 3-DOF parallel mechanism with cylindrical translation and one rotation (2T1R) is designed, and the topological characteristics of the mechanism are analyzed, including the calculation of the position and orientation characteristic set, degrees of freedom and coupling degrees; then the kinematics of the mechanism is analyzed, the forward and inverse solutions of the position of the mechanism are solved and verified; finally, based on the forward and inverse position solutions of the mechanism, the work space and rotation capacity of the mechanism are analyzed. …”
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Les usages de la métalepse d’auteur dans Partonopeu de Blois et Le Bel Inconnu by Nathalie Leclercq

“…This article will investigate the extent to which the use of authorial metalepsis, theorized by Gérard Genette, highlights, in Le Roman de Partonopeu de Blois and Le Bel Inconnu, the functions of a participatory author whose active involvement reveals his desire to claim his freedom of invention. When both auhtors compare themselves to their characters, they are indeed drawing attention to their own experience of love by asking the reader to become aware of both their presence and their power. …”
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Topology Design and Kinematics for a Novel Semi-symmetric 2T1R Parallel Mechanism with Low Coupling Degree by Hao Ji, Huiping Shen, Tingli Yang

“…And the three main topological characteristics of the PM， such as the POC， degrees-of-freedom (DOF) and coupling degree are calculated and analyzed， and the coupling degree of the mechanism is 1.Then， based on the kinematics modeling principle of the ordered single open chain (SOC) units， the positive kinematics solution and inverse kinematics solution formula are achieved. …”
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RESEARCH ON MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY OF CAPTO SHANK’S KEY DIMENSIONS USED IN HIGH SPEED MACHINING by ZHANG Jin, WANG ShuLin, SHI XiangYun, ZHOU YiJun

“…Positioning scheme was decided according to the idea about restraining the degrees of freedom in space, axial positioning was achieved by shank’s own weight, radial positioning was achieved by the rational configuration of three supporting nails, and circumferential positioning was achieved by controlling ring gauge’s cavity dimension strictly. …”
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The Narrative Structure of Amy Tan’s ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’: Myth as a Critical Element by E. M. Karavaeva

“…The article concludes that spirituality is essential for a subjugated woman character to achieve her personal and political freedom as well as her physical and spiritual wholeness.…”
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Coda: The War of Poetry: Duncan’s Heresies by Michael Heller

“…The “war” in which he is a protagonist most often wrestling with himself but also with the cultural and political environment in which he writes, is to liberate form – not to choose one form over another – but to bring form to possibility, to express form as the creative artist’s fulfillment of “the law that he creates,” to see poetry’s “every freedom,” as leading toward human liberation. Duncan often referred to himself as a “derivative poet.” …”
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Generalized Minimum Variance Control for MDOF Structures under Earthquake Excitation by Lakhdar Guenfaf, Mohamed Azira

“…Control of a multi-degree-of-freedom structural system under earthquake excitation is investigated in this paper. …”
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På spaning efter det offer som ej flytt: Bemästrande av människohandelsoffer och viljans inverkan på lagföringen by Märta C. Johansson

“…The current article examines the absence of prosecutionsand convictions in light of the discussion about the character of the crime and its regulation in the Swedish Criminal Code as a crime against peace and freedom. The author concludes that the limited number of convictions, and their restriction to only two forms of trafficking, are not primarily due to resource constraints. …”
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Quelle place pour le pluralisme religieux dans le mouvement de protestation algérien de 2019 ? by Zohra Aziadé Zemirli

“…The Algerian popular movement and the project to create a new Constitution could allow the dialogue around religious freedom, the separation between the state and religion, and laicism – the three having an impact on religious minorities in the country – to take place.…”
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A Review on the Control of Second Order Underactuated Mechanical Systems by Soukaina Krafes, Zakaria Chalh, Abdelmjid Saka

“…This paper describes some important classes of two degrees of freedom of underactuated mechanical system and also surveys review of the recent state-of-the-art concerning the mathematical modeling of these systems, their classification, and all the control strategies (linear, nonlinear, and intelligent) that have been made so far (i.e., from the year 2000 to date) to control these systems. …”
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De la libération des enfants à la violence des pédophiles. La sexualité des mineurs dans les discours politiques des années 1970 by Jean Bérard

“…The rebellion of young people against parental power and the will to eliminate legal infringements on sexual freedom have made a strong impression on the first few years after may 1968. …”
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Parameter Optimization of Traffic Cone Recycling Manipulator by Li Yushan, Liu yang, Lü Antao

“…Aiming at a single degree of freedom geared linkage traffic cone recovery manipulator,based on the kinematics analysis,the influence of parameters,likes link size and transmission ratio on the end actuator velocity and trajectory of recovery manipulator is researched. …”
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Seismic Isolation Performance Evaluation for a Class of Inerter-Based Low-Complexity Isolators by Fei Cao, Michael Z. Q. Chen, Yinlong Hu

“…In this paper, the seismic base isolation problem for all low-complexity networks containing one inerter, one spring, and one damper is studied based on a multi-degree-of-freedom model. The analytical solutions for the H2 performance optimization are derived, and the traditional tuned mass damper (TMD) is employed for comparison. …”
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Fundamental Education: UNESCO and American Post-War Modernism by Matthew Chambers

“…The claims for modernism’s liberatory aesthetics were folded into a discourse of cultural freedom that was packaged as an educational imperative for global literacy. …”
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